†family Platycystitidae Parsley and Mintz 1975

Paracrinoidea - Platycystitida - Platycystitidae

Parent taxon: Platycystitida according to T. J. Frest et al. 1979

Sister taxa: Bistomiacystitidae, Malocystitidae

Subtaxa: Canadocystis Platycystitinae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (3: Quebec collections), United States (6: New York, Tennessee)

• Ordovician of United States (18: Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 27 collections including 40 occurrences

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